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   Approval of October 17, 2017 CRA Meeting Minutes

   approved

   The CRA Board approved the minutes from the October 17, 2017 CRA meeting.

   • motion:Motion to approve the October 17, 2017 CRA meeting minutes. (passed)

   👤Driscoll#October 17, 2017 CRA Meeting Minutes

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   [00:00:13] City Attorney Driscoll, here. Thank you. First item on the agenda is approval of [00:00:18] the October 17th CRA minutes. Move for approval. Second. Motion and a second. Any [00:00:23] discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor please signify by saying aye. Aye.

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   CRA Land Sale of .2 Acre Parcel

   tabled

   City Manager Manz requested that the CRA land sale of a 0.2 acre parcel be pulled from the agenda, citing the developer's request for a sizable TIF incentive that staff wants to evaluate before any sale is effectuated. The item was tabled, expected to return at the beginning of the year.

   • direction:Table the CRA land sale agenda item until staff is ready to bring it back, pending evaluation of the developer's TIF incentive request. (tabled)

   📍.2 Acre Parcel👤Ms. Manz#CRA Land Sale#TIF incentive

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   [00:00:27] Opposed? Like sign. Next item on the agenda listed is the CRA land sale. Ms. [00:00:33] Manz, are we pulling that? Yes sir, Mr. Mayor. At this point I'm asking that we [00:00:37] pull this agenda item. My expectation is that it will be back before you in the [00:00:43] beginning of the year. The reason that we are asking that you delay this agenda [00:00:48] item is related to the fact that the developer has requested a rather [00:00:53] sizable TIF incentive to go forward with the project and we would like to [00:01:01] consider that before any sale of the property is effectuated. Very good. In [00:01:08] that case we will table that until you're ready to bring it back. Mr. Mayor.

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   Continued Discussion on the Hacienda Hotel

   approved

   The CRA Board discussed continued redevelopment efforts for the Hacienda Hotel and approved staff's request to issue a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to solicit interested developers. Board members directed staff to extend the response window to span the holidays and to bring back information on existing CRA financial obligations (Main Street Landings, IGA building, Aldi developer) and projected completion dates for related downtown projects.

   • motion:Motion to approve issuing an RFQ for redevelopment of the Hacienda Hotel, with an extended response window spanning the holidays and staff to return with information on existing CRA obligations and projected completion dates. (passed)
   • direction:Direction to staff to bring back a summary of CRA financial obligations (Main Street Landings, IGA building, Aldi developer participation) and projected opening/completion dates for related projects. (none)

   📍5,800 Main📍Orange Lake📍Railroad Square🏢Aldi🏢Hacienda Hotel🏢IGA🏢Little Hotel America🏢Main Street Landings👤Davis👤Mr. Iazzoni👤Ms. Manns👤Phillips👤Starkey#Aldi developer project#IGA building redevelopment#Main Street Landings#RFQ (Request for Qualifications)#TIFs

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   [00:01:12] Next item is continued discussion on the Hacienda Hotel. We conducted a [00:01:22] presentation and discussion with you on October 17th in relationship to this [00:01:27] matter and at that time the staff indicated that we would be back before [00:01:33] you for some subsequent discussion. In that respect, Mr. Iazzoni has prepared a [00:01:39] recommendation which he will present to you for your consideration. Thank you. [00:01:43] Thank you very much, City Manager. Thank you very much, Mayor. Basically over the [00:01:49] past several weeks we've had two substantial inquiries on the Hacienda [00:01:52] and one actually attended the meeting and would like to continue the [00:02:00] inquiry into the Hacienda. So we're requesting Council to allow, the CRA to [00:02:05] allow us to issue what is called an RFQ so that we can put the public on notice [00:02:12] that we would be considering the opportunity to be able to further [00:02:17] redevelopment of the Hacienda. And so that's, but that RFQ allows us to [00:02:25] basically review the qualification individuals and enter negotiations and [00:02:30] to provide for the opportunity any additional prop individuals that come [00:02:34] forward also. Thank you. Any questions? Just a question, how broad will that, I [00:02:40] mean, where does it go and how does someone learn of it? Well usually we put [00:02:46] it out through our traditional bidding process. A lot of times I've tried to, the [00:02:51] last time I kind of networked quite extensively through our architects. I [00:02:56] also actually had the chairman of the Little Hotel America that had picked up [00:03:03] and distributed. So it goes pretty broad. It usually goes to just most of the [00:03:06] boutique hotel community and also kind of goes out through a bid clerk and we [00:03:11] do publish it on our website. And we're fairly aggressive in terms of trying to [00:03:17] maximize the reach. A lot of times I'll do a test and to see how far that has [00:03:21] been carried when we put it out through, primarily through bid clerk and some of [00:03:26] those sites there. A lot of times that gets picked up and carried even further. [00:03:29] And what's the timeline on that, like sending it out and then getting the [00:03:33] responses back? Usually about three weeks we like to put it out there. We usually [00:03:38] have a pre-conference meeting at the Hacienda Hotel where we answer questions. [00:03:43] We begin to build a list of individual interested parties and whenever we [00:03:48] receive an inquiry we have to document those responses to those inquiries and [00:03:52] then put it as an addendum to the RFQ. Thank you. Director Phillips, any questions? [00:04:00] Director Starkey? You want to start this process right now, right during the holiday [00:04:07] season, or more prudent to wait till the first of the year, you think? I do want to [00:04:11] start it right now. We might allow like a little bit more time for the RFQ to be [00:04:17] to be led out there so that we can afford the opportunity. We kind of [00:04:21] got caught up in the last year like that. We're kind of went over the holiday [00:04:24] season, but I might just extend it a little bit more to be able to afford a [00:04:30] little bit more time. I think that is my only concern as well right now. This is [00:04:35] such a busy time between now and the end of the year. I'd hate to get lost in [00:04:39] the shuffle. Director Davis, anything? I would agree if the period is long [00:04:47] enough so that it completely spans the holidays. I'd hate to have somebody miss [00:04:51] it just because they were too busy planning holiday parties. We'll [00:04:54] definitely do that. Mr. Mayor, can they just notice it a couple of times? I mean, [00:04:58] you know, you don't have to just put it out once. You have to shoot the flare one [00:05:01] time. I mean, when we have a fireworks, you see a lot of fireworks go up. So, you [00:05:06] know, if you extend the time out, you know, you put it out right [00:05:12] after the first of the year, the first week. If you're not going to take [00:05:15] things until middle of February, first of March, I just think it's timely due to [00:05:22] the fact that there seems to be some dollars, there seems to be some money out [00:05:26] there right now. That's a good point. You could notice it now and [00:05:32] then again after the first of the year. Yeah, I mean, you know, it's kind of, you [00:05:36] know, you can send out the one, you know, don't miss out on the opportunity. Now, [00:05:41] with that being said, Ms. Manns, as part of this solicitation, can you [00:05:50] bring us back what we've obligated ourselves for the Main Street landings [00:05:56] to the IGA building? I'm not sure what we're, it's a 50-something? [00:06:05] 5,800 Main. Yeah, and then what we've done for the other property, because we're [00:06:11] gonna have to dovetail in what the developer for the Aldi's is going to [00:06:14] bring to the table, and I would like to make sure that we've got all those [00:06:19] moving pieces at the same time, because that'll give us, excuse me, it'll give me [00:06:25] the opportunity to fully define what the Aldi developer wants to do in [00:06:31] conjunction with the overall participation, because, you know, we need [00:06:39] to leave some money around, because we've got the [00:06:43] next 24 to 30 months, we've got some pretty good, we've got some pretty good [00:06:51] outflow from projects and TIFs and other things that we've already done, so [00:07:00] we could have that capsulized, so we can have a good conversation with the Aldi [00:07:05] folks, but also, you know, and I don't want it to get to be kind of the, well, we [00:07:12] can do that, but what about the Hacienda, or what about 19? I don't, I think that [00:07:17] slows us down in our decision process to keep things progressing, so that's [00:07:22] my additional to Mr. Iazzoni's request. Thanks. Excellent, excellent comments. [00:07:29] We'll open up for public comment at this point, seeing no one come forward. Bring [00:07:36] it back if anybody would like to make a motion. I'll move to approve. Second. [00:07:45] No, sir, I've discussed it, thanks. Thank you. No second. Director Starkey? No, I hope the [00:07:53] time is finally right and something comes of this. Yeah, excited about it. Indeed, it [00:08:00] would be nice. Let's get the word out there and see who nibbles. I'm sorry, [00:08:07] Mr. Mayor. Yes, sir. I just had another thought with that information. Can you [00:08:11] also put on there projected opening dates or predicted dates of completion? [00:08:17] Like I said, I didn't think it all the way through after Mr. Iazzoni did that, [00:08:22] but, you know, obviously we've had some work come back about Main Street landings, [00:08:28] maybe 30 to 60 days later than they anticipated. Same thing with the first [00:08:34] phase of Mr. Starkey's project on Orange Lake, and then kind of the [00:08:43] overview of what he's done with the IGA location, because I understand he's like [00:08:48] down to one space or maybe two small spaces with access off of Railroad [00:08:56] Square. Yeah, I'm just, you know, everybody asked me, they said, well what's it [00:09:02] look like? And I said, I haven't seen the site plan to see what they filled and [00:09:06] what kind of open and how they're trying to blend those uses together, because [00:09:10] obviously it'll drive in a certain degree of additional foot traffic in [00:09:14] downtown. That would be useful. Thank you. Thank you. There's no further [00:09:20] discussion. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, like,

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5. 5Adjournment▶ 9:24